If you cross Coventry’s Canal Basin bridge regularly you might have wondered who the smartly dressed people are who can often be spotted there.

They congregate at the bottom of the steps on the Leicester Row side of the footbridge and have a trolley full of leaflets about their religion as Jehovah’s Witnesses.

We spoke to Inderpal Sangha, who has been a Jehovah’s Witness since 1980, as the group takes part in a 2017 Convention at the Ricoh Arena. The event, which is open to the public, runs from Friday to Sunday and has the theme Don’t Give Up.

The Coventry dad-of-two, who’s 56 and works as a window cleaner, explained why the religion’s followers have become regulars at the site.

Who are the people at the Canal Basin bridge?

Jehovah's Witness Inderpal Sangha

“My name’s Inderpal Sangha, I’m one of Jehovah’s Witnesses. I’m located at the Canal Basin and we’re here with our trolley which perhaps many passers-by have seen located here on a Tuesday.”

Why are the Jehovah’s Witnesses there?

Inderpal said: “The idea of the trolley is to make information available as to what Jehovah’s Witnesses believe. It’s normally loaded with our literature which is freely available.

"The idea of the trolley is to make this information freely available as opposed to our normal way of conducting our work where we go to people’s homes where people can feel a little bit inhibited.

“The trolley just allows people to have free access. They can come and talk to us if they want because we don’t approach people, people can take the literature if they want, they can access the website in the privacy of their own homes if they want.”

Who is Jehovah?

“People might wonder who Jehovah is,” said Inderpal. “Jehovah is God’s personal name as found in the bible.”